Form-roller control and timing device



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R. C. PICKETT ET AL jFSoRMVRoLLER CONTROL AND TIMING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 2,3, 1926 ribbon or with VBy means ofour invention, it is possible vin i addition to the results obtained by the standard duplicating machine toprintin ink in a variety of places on the letter sheet.

In Figure 7, we have Ashown for purposes of illustration a sheet. of letter paper 32, having the head 33, the body 34 and the signature 35.. With the'ordinary duplicating machine,

y'the sheets are used having the heading printed thereon, and the machine can'be used for printing the body of the letterthrough the ink, and in either `case for printing the signature in a different color.

With our device,the heading can be printed on the duplicating machine.

In Figure 8, we have shown a sheet- 32 with' the heading, bodyand signature as explained and with margins 3G. These margins may be printed by our device in a color different from that of any ofthe other parts.

In Figure 9, we have Lshown a sheet with only one margin and in'Figure 10 asheet with a body, a margin and a coupon. The body,

margin and'coupon may be printed in diilerent colors by the u'seof our invent-ion.

It will .thus be seen that by-the use of our device, it is possible `to print in addition to the body and signature, which can bev done with the ordinary duplicating machine, marrginsor headings, coupons and so on in different colors.y

For accomplishing our purpose, we provide a separate type form section C, which may extend circumferentially of the rotary member as far as may be desired for the purpose of carrying the desired type,` cuts or i other material.

The type form C is arranged so thatits ends may rest on the rings` 15, asshown in Figurev, in the same manner as do the endsofthe type form A.

The'forni C has the inwardly, projecting flanges 37 adjacent to the rings 15. These f flanges are connected by a rod'38. Spring clip devices may be snapped around another rod 40. The rod 40 extends between two brackets or larms 41,8which are secured to the rings 15in one i of the spokes k14, `ras. shown in vFigures 1 and 6. l Y' Preferably two ofthe parallel spokes have supported thereon stops 42 for engaging the I Vedge of the type form C for preventing its e sliding circumferentially of the rotary memare provided the ribbon ber.v i

In the ordinary duplicating machine, there spools 48 and 44 lmounted on spindles 45a. The ribbony46a is threaded from one spool 43 around'the outer' surface of the type form A and thence to the other spool 44.

, The type .forms and are spaced apart far enough to allow clearance for the ribbon.

- I For inking the type form C, we use the regular equipment, except that we provide 39 arepivotedto the rod 38 and means-for adjusting the rollers 29 and 30 and sometimes use partitions in the ink reservoir The means for adjusting the rollers 29 and 30make it possibleto movethem to position where they contact withV and ink the *type carried by the form C and thenmove to inoperative position.V f

For securing the adjustment just mentioned vand synchronizing the adjustment with the operation of the rotary member, we

mount the rollers 29y and 30 in the following manner: 1

These rollers as shown in FigureV 4 have the shafts 45 and 46 extending lengthwise thi'ougli them. at their ends eccentric spindles. The spindles for the shaft 45, as shown at 47 and l48 aie mounted inv suitable bearings in "the frame 22.

`These shafts 45 and 46 have 1 l'The spindles 49 and 50 ofthe shaftY 46 .are f likewise mountedin bearings in theframe 22.

AIt will befseen that by rotating the spindles in their bearings, the rollers may be adjusted toward or from the rotary member oi the multigraph machine, for thus causing themV to be in position to ink the printing Vsurfaces Vor in positions spaced from the path of the having a portion of its shank smooth as at Supported on the -smoothportion ofl the cap screw 52 andgripped-between its head andthe head 51 is a'pinion 54, having a small extended hub 55 terminating in a head 56.

The cap screw can be loosened for adjusting the pinion 54 rotatably on'the cap screw, an the cap screw` can then be tightened for holding the pinion against rotation withielation to the spindle 48 or spindle 50 as Vthe case may be.

. flounted on the frame 22 near eachspindle 48 and 50 isa lug 57V into which is screwed a cap screw or the like 58, having a smoothvv shank portion 59. Rotatably mounted on the shank portion 59 is a plate 60, which has a large slot 61 receiving the portion55 of the hub of the pinion 54. The portion of the plate 60 alon one edge of the slot 61 travels between thev pinion 54 and the enlarged head 56. y

Supported on the plate GO mesh with the tesa-@ae i Plate 6 0. 'A spring'i` is supported --by thel bracket 63 and connected With the plate 60l in suoli manner as to hold that plate in lsuch Y position or its roc-king movement as tocause the coacting rollerj29 or 30 as the case may be, to be 'held yieldingly in 'inoperative position.

Thus with the mechanism as described up to this point, it will be seen that 'when the rotary member of the duplicating machine ro-V yieldingly tates, the rollers 2 9'and 3G vWill be held out or inlrigng Contact.

We Will now describe'theineans for mov-V ing the rollers `29- a-nd BO to iniring position at the proper time during the rotation of the rotary member or' `the duplicatin machine;

@n vthe shaft 12,;thereis mounted a cain 6:3

` rer operating the rollerv 29 and a cam :tor

operating the vroller 30. .i v

.Pii'otedybetive'en its endsfon a'stud (37 is a rocker arm 68 on one end ciu-which is a. roller- 69 'for traveling on'the Cain 65. The other end of the rocker arm engages a roller TQ lse on the plate @Oifor the roller 29.' y `r`he parts just described Aare so arranged that during the rotation or the rotary member carrying the type forinithe portion 16.5@ otthe'cam 65 ivillactuate .the arm 68- at' the proper time to cause the plate to be rockedk iiOr moving the'rolle'r 29 to inling position;

In Figure 3, the roller 29 is shown in this f in ljiing position. y

yAitcfrthe roller V29 has inked the type 's'ur'- faces of the form C, the roller 69 or' the' arm 68 Vclears the portion-65a of the cam 65 Vand the appropriate spring '64 actuates the plate 60 for moving the roller 29 to inoperative position.y 1

. The cani hasaportion 66 for similarly cooperating with a similarly mounted rocker armv 68l for 'actuating the plate' 60 l:tor the roller 30 for causing'that roller to be movedto position for inlring the type surt'ace o'l the itornrC and to permit the spring 64 similar tev the spring 64 to actuate the appropriatey plate 60 for moving the rollerO to inopera- A tive position when the roller on the arm k68a leaves the portion 66 or the cam 65.-

Y It Will thus beseen that if the operator olithe machine desiresto print the bony eta letter, as' shown'in Figure 7, through the init! print a heading ing ribbon 46a, and desires to 33, he may Vdo so. ,A

The matter for tlic'headin'g'is arrange-d on the printing form C.' which inked Ytroni the rollers 29and ZO. ,Then as Ythe i paper is red p between the roller 21 and the rotary memberu of the machine, the heading 3 3 of the sheet 32 is printedrroni'the-iorm 'C and the body I' Y is printed through a ,ribbon from the form A.'

4Ii it 'is desi-red to print soinetliingatvthe bottom or :the sheet, as for instance the coii pon shown in Figure 10', the type mat-ter of 'forms A and C are reversed (set upside down) so vthat the top or' the sheet yWill be printed lirst as it goe's'through theinac'hine.

It is customary'to feed the'sheets into machine bottom edge first.

The lroller SOis used for printing mar-jvr i ginal matter. [For that reason, it isvcut away at its center ,as indicatedat v"('O' (Figure 'to leave only the ends ofthe roller of larger 'diameter than' the intern'iediatey bodyrportion thereof- `I then lprovide in the ink reservoirv 23, the partitions Zl'shoivn in Figure 2. lnk

from these 'partitions will .beV supplied through the intermediate rollersv shown Vin' Figure 3 to the end portions ofthe roller k3Q rorthus inking only the endsvof the type surface of the forms C and A. Usually the' margin to be printed runs doivn the. entire sideof the' body of the letter.` Therefore', thel timing niechanisn'i is inoperative, leavingv fiorm roller stationz'iry. .Rarely do We print Y ai-nargin, or tivo colors, on form 'C alone, al-

though this ispossible to do.

.t is unnecessary to `avoid inking ,the entirel length oi the roller 29,

AVt is necessary to `prevent mixing ofidif ferent colors of'ink idue to 'the reciprocating movement oi' the rollers 26 and 28.

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colorsof' inlr'in the'- ink fountain 23.

l (b) A very narrow slot or groove is ciitin` rollers 25, 27 and29, just opposite the par# titions 7l so that the ink on one side oiveachj l rilhis is done 'in .the following simpleY man! ico (a) iartitions 7l yare vused to .separate partition lvvill not `mix vwith the inlron Vthe asat 7 Oso lthat 'onlythatportion of the roller oppositethe margin-to bepprinted 'being left.

(c) Then grooves or slots are cut'rin the `other side thereof. The roller '30 is Cut away' reciprocating `roliers 26 and, 28 Which l Just. W'ideenoiigh so that 'the reciprocating y n'iovement of these rollers-does not .causetlie ends of the inlring surfaces to travelacross the grooves oil ythe rollers 25, 27, and 29 and"A thereby' prevents' mixing of fthe blue ink for" the heading and the red ink for the margin,

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Vifeivill'nou'f review briefly how a variety of products niaylbemadeby the use or our controlling' mechanism.

it it vis desired signature to get the result `or dlinarily.secured Witha du l'icatino' machine tlie'frforniC mavV` be left 'oiil'otthe machine, and" the bodyor the' letterinay be printed from the forni Avv through a ribbon and the signatureiiiri'nted with the signature attachment. 3l. n It itis desire'dwto print body ofthe letto vprint a letter body and' ter with ink and to use thefsignatureattacli- ,ment, the arm 68 may be removed, and the roller 29 adjusted to inking position 4by loosening the cap screw 53 androtating the spindles 47 and 48 Vin their bearings and then tightening Vthe capscrew, no ribbon being used.

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If it is desired to printa heading in addition to printing the body, both in ink, this can be done by putting the matter for the heading on the form C and using that form.

It Willbeunderstood that `the signature at@ tachment can be used in this-case.

i If it is desired to print ahead on a letter with ink and print the body through the rib-V bon, this can be done in the manner already explained with our attachment, using the roller 29 to ink the type matter on the form C for the heading. i

V If the userwants to print marginal matter, vthe roller 30 is employed with our operating attachment, andr suitable partitionsl 71 are used. e

It Will thus be seen that'with our attachment a great variety of results is obtainable, Y v

letter head, a letter body and marginal as suggested by the following:

1. Ribbon printed body and signature in thesame `or dierent colors.y

2. Ink printed body and signature in different colors. L

3. Ink printed body and heading in one color with or without signature in another color. y

V4. Ribbon Vprinted body and ink printed heading in different colors withV or without.` signature in still another color.

; Ribbon printed body and ink printed` footing in dii'erent colorsv with or without signature in a third color.

6. Ink printed body and ink printed footingin ythe same color, with or Without signaturein a diferent color. V

Any ofthe above combinations with one Y or. two margins.

- i It is thus seen that we have provided a rather simple and inexpensive structure whereby the range of utility of an ordinary duplicating machine is very much enlarged.

f A feature of our device which has some importance may now be mentioned.

- VIt will be noted that the type form C rests on theV rings and is held in position by the clips 39. The clips 39 are of spring material and are so shaped as to yieldingly clip the i v vide at each corner of the type form C an ad-y justing or set screw 72. By adjusting the `i'orm C maybe secured.

on, it can be readily 5 various screws 72, it will be seen that an accurate adjustment of the type faces on the From our descripti seen that our improvement, with slight modiication, can bemade adaptable vtoa large number of machines of standard make, and in this Way our device is adaptable for many purposes not evident from the'reading of our description, but it is our intention to include the adaptability Vof our device to as general an application as possible.

IVe claim as our invention:

1. Ina printing machine, arotary element, an

having a plurality of printing forms thereon,

means-for printing romfthe forms on a t sheet,a body portion printedthrough a Iribbon, an end portion from inked type surfaces, and a marginal portion at the kside of t,

the body portion from inked type surfaces and means comprising an `inking roller havingv its central portion cut away whereby its endportion inksthe marginal type surfaces.

2. AIn a printing machine, a rotary element, having a plurality of printing forms thereon, 'a ribbon, a printing roller and a plurality of inking rollers, and means for automatically moving the rollers to and from inking posi-V tion for printing a portion Y oitV the sheet through the ribbon and. other portions `from different inked surfaces fort-thus printing a v rocking plate having a rack for coacting with the pinion, and means actuated from the rotary member for locking said pplate. 4. In a machine of the class described, Va rotary` member adapted to carry printing forms, printing forms supported on said member, an inking roller having spindles at its ends suitably journaled, theroller Vbeing eccentrically mounted Withrelation to the spindles, a pinion on one of the spindles, a rocking plate having a rack for coacting with the pinion, a cam on said rotary member, an

arm pivotally mounted having one `end ar# ranged to coact with said cam and the other end arranged to coact with said plate.

5. In a machine ofthe class described, a rotary member adapted to carry printing `forms, printing forms supported on said member, an inking roller having spindles at its ends suitably journaled, the roller being ec'centrically 'mounted with relation to the loo ranged to coact With said cam and the other t end arranged to coact with said plate, and

Y means tending to yieldingly actuate the plate to position for holding the inking roller in inoperative position.

6. In a machine of the class described, a

rotary printing element having a type vterm Y thereon, an inking roller having spindles siiiti ably joiirnaled, said roller being eccentrically mounted With'relation to the spindles, a pinion on one of the spindles, a pivotallymounted rocking plate having a rack for coacting with the pinion, a spring for holding the lplate in one position of its movement, an arm pivoted between its ends, said arm and plate having coacting parts whereby the rocking of the arm eflectsrocking of the plate, and means for rocking said arm from the rotary member. Y i

7. In a machine of the class described, a. rotary printing element having a type form thereon, an inking roller having spindles suitably jouriialed, said roller being eccentrically mounted with relation to the spindles,l i

a pinion on one of the spindles, a pivotally` -i ,y

arm pivoted between itsends, said arin and plate having coacting parts whereby th erocking of the arm effects rocking of the plate, and means for rocking said arm from the rotary member, comprising ka-cam on the rotary member and a coacting member on the arm.l

8. In a printing maehine,aJ rotary'elem'ent, printing forms carriedthereby,a ribbon over a portion of one of said forms, an inking rollery for the portion of. ysaid form not covered by the ribbon,`a second inking roller for i reservoir divided into a plurality of compartthe lother, form, means ,comprising anv ink ments for supplying diierentrvcolored inks to said rollers, and means cooperatively associated with the rotary element for causing the inlring rollers to be moved toward the print- 'i ing forms onlyuvvhen the desired yform is in positionto be inked by its respective roller.

Des Moines, Iowa, October 20,1926. HROSVVELL COVERI PICKETT.

HARRY WARD THOMPSON. 

